St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-23

Awe an idea of the
OLQda~o 8Rark> Scotch that to
make money you must learn a trade. if il
is only saving wOOd, and you must make
money, honestly if you can, but make ii
you must. Mr.. Black came to st. Paul
about four years ago as the
representative of II. Movers dS Co., of
Milwaukee, for steam boilers and radia-
ton, and he succeeded in making the
First National bank building and the
| residences of d. c. Shepard and son
comfortably warm for even a forty-be-
low Whlm of the climate. Tudor, of
Chicago, stuck the steam heating appa-
ratus and appurtenanceS in the German
American bank building year ago. but
as TudOr's job didn't satisfy MilIiOnaires
Jockey and Willius they called in Mr..
Black, and Millionaire Lindeke has
ever since been recommending every
body to the modest little Caledonian.
MIR. Black is proud of his sanitary
library, one of the best in the city. He
is musical member of the st. Andrews
society, and skillful thrOwer of the
stone in the carnival pastime of curling.
He has travelled a bit, having worked at
his trade in Elmira, n. Y. Cincinnati
and Chicago. Married, of course. and
the proud parent of little admirer of
Bruce and Wallace.
William ROdger, whose speeches be-
fore the commission in connection with
the grand kick of the local steam-fitters
against the Nepil courthouse contract
have made him famous. would be a
Siamese twin to Allan Black but for the
fact that he is a ''Hielander," a native
OF the island of Islay, one of the Hebri-
des, Off the ArgyleShire coast. In 1860
he apprenticed himself as engineer to
inn Vrnt, II
und Ill 1866 he went into Napier'S ship
yard on the Clyde as journeyman. He
exercised his skill on one vessel for the
French government and two monsters
that were constructed for the Danish
government. After practicing upon
government iron-clads for two years. he
came over to this country and worked
for Goldie Il Mccullough at Gait. Ont.
Since 70, when he crossed the line. he
has been nOmadic citizen of the United
States. He put the engine in the steamer
Belle Alliance for Hill Il Ford, of De-
tToit, and then went west as far as Col
orado. He hunted for gold in the Sierras
for some time, and, getting discouraged
and hungry, he started East. intending
to goback to ''Auld Scotia. "but he struck
Columbus, o.. and put the monster en-
CINE into the Hayden rolling mills
there, which engine is in good running
order yet. He became a nOmad again
and roamed as far as Texas. When he
returned he railroaded on the Cleveland
IL PittSburg and the Marietta u Cincin-
natl. He had charge of the Burgess
Steel works, at Portsmouth, for four
years, and then he accepted soft sit as
chief engineer Of the Columbus hOSpi-
tai for the insane, and Gov. Bishop de-
voted three pages of his annual report
to Engineer Rodger for his economical
system and the beautiful changes he in
augurated. On account of ill health he
resigned that position after accepting a
gold watch from the employees of the
institution, and he went into the steam
boiler inspection service, travelling over
the entire country, which suited Mr..
R0dger to t. Six years ago he came
st. Paul. He put the hydraulic work
and power IN the Hotel Lafayette and
the steam heating plants in both the
Hotel Ryan and the chamber of COM
merce building. He is true Scotch
man and holds the club medal of the st.
Paul Curling club. He can get the vote
of the st. Andrews society for anything
he wants. He is a born orator and
knows the inS and outs of the machinery
business as well as any of them.
j. d. Roberts is bright young Buck
eye boy, and a nephew of William Rod
ger. He put up the machinery in the
Rodger plant before his uncle came
here. and it is as confusing to a specta-
tor as a new patent cell puzzle. When
R0dger and Tom Davis were partners.
he was their foreman. He has also been
foreman for the Union Iron Works. He
is now member of the firm of William
Rodger IL Co. He left home when only
fourteen years old, and since then he
has roamed over fourteen states. He
got married at last, and now he don't
know whether he or his baby is the
oldest.
Thomas Davis, late partner of Rod
ger. Is tall man with clean cut face,
mouStache and goatee, and a nicely
rounded up family. He has plant for
himself now. A born Irishman to the
marrow of his spine, he is ready to vie
with 2. II. Kelly in endeavOring to
make Il big Cleveland majority in Min
nesOta one year hence.
Charles A. Parmely is modest little
fellow like Allan Black, a canny bust
ness man and cautious talker. Like
all other steam-fitters he is the father of
happy offspring.
. When Holland & Thompson came
trade in this city. with the assistance
of Gene Smith, Billy Holland. who is
dead wringer in appearance for Jimmy
O'Brien, announced that he would
WELD a political cudgel here that would
astonish his late colleagues of Troy.
E. L. Osborne is the tall and stately
man who bravely survived one confla-
grafton, and continues to wear silk
hat, as well as coat lapel bouquet, and
is considered the best lawyer in the fra
ternity OF steam filters, and he has
branch houses in large number of
leading cities.
I'll. p. Rugg is an idol of society, and
jealous men do say he engineered the
Nepil court house contract through very
skillfully. He wasn't supposed to do
job work, so he got the advantage of the
boys.
Edward Kelly is rec ent acquisition
from Winnipeg, and he is getting there
with the rest of them.